Keep busy with fun snow day activities • Put out bird seed or a suet block and feed the neighborhood birds. Compare the different species that come to grab an easy meal. Artistic kids can sketch what they see by looking out the window. • Shovel a shallow path in the snow around the yard to create a snow maze. Build snow blinds, behind which kids can hide.
• Check in on elderly friends and neighbors and offer to shovel their driveways and walkways, if necessary. • Pretend you are on a North Pole expedition and hike through the neighborhood in a quest to reach the summit of a mountain or to find a hidden treasure.
• Gather winter nature items, like pine cones and icicles. Look for frozen “fossils.”
• Use spray bottles or squirt bottles filled with water and food coloring to draw masterpieces in the snow.
• Brew a thermos full of hot chocolate and go sit out with the neighbors who are probably going a bit stir crazy as well.
• Gather a clean patch of snow and pour maple syrup onto it. Allow to harden and then enjoy homemade maple candies.
• Have a marathon video game battle.
• Play with toy trucks and cars in the snow.
• Explore and look for winter plants and other foliage that survive the chill. • Grab skates and head to an ice rink or solid (and safe) pond. • Decorate an outdoor tree with streamers and popcorn garland. • If it’s too chilly for a picnic in the snow, place a blanket on the family room floor and enjoy an indoor picnic. • Rent a movie and cuddle on the couch under blankets. • Put on some tunes and dance around the house. • Play a classic game, such as Twister(R) or Monopoly(R). • Take out modeling clay or dough and create different play figures or ornaments. • Whip up a hearty meal together, giving kids free reign over the ingredients. • Engage in a snowball fight. • Find the tallest hill in the area and test your bravery on the back of a sled.
• Sit in sunny windows and read books silently or to the group.
• Chase the dog around the backyard. Dogs often like to play in the snow, too.
• Catch up on beauty sleep by taking a nice nap under a warm quilt.
• Make sock puppets and put on a show.
• Bake a batch of brownies or cookies. (Metro)
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Advertising Supplement to the Sun Journal, Lewiston, Maine, Sunday, December 9, 2012